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Introduction: According to Danish regulations gilts and sows must be housed in groups from weaning until 7 days before expected farrowing. Mixing sows both after weaning and after mating may/will impair reproduction results and increase prevalence of lameness. A Danish study shows that approximately 90 % of medical treatments in gestation are attributed to lameness. The aim of the current study was to reduce the frequency of gilts and sows being treated for lameness in the...
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Introduction: Piglet mortality, mainly within the first 4 days after farrowing, is still an important welfare issue and an economical challenge. Variation in piglet mortality between herds with similar genetic material and physical environment indicates that the herd`s management is a crucial factor. The objective of this survey was to assess the importance of different management routines around the time of farrowing and other farm qualities for piglet survival in...
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Introduction: The objective of the present work was to collect preliminary production data on a newly-developed farrowing pen for individually loose-housed sows and to use these results to produce a pen for commercial practice which has a high piglet survival rate and improved sow and piglet welfare. Materials and Methods: The “Sow Comfort” farrowing pen” (7.9 m2) comprises two compartments: a “nest area” and an activity/dunging...
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Introduction: Castration procedure is a painful method which reduces welfare and could reduce performance. Some trials demonstrated that meloxicam prior castration procedure in piglets could reduce acute pain decreasing behaviors relates to a lack of welfare. Any study using infrared thermography (IT) was found to evaluate the inflammatory process after castration procedure in piglets. This study aimed to evaluate inflammatory process using IT associated with behavior and...
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Introduction: Sow body condition is a critical factor in all stages of the production cycle affecting health, welfare, performance and longevity. Additionally, the direct economic impact on annual costs of unoptimized feeding can be substantial. Therefore, it is important to monitor sows throughout their lifetime to ensure well-being, maximize production efficiency, optimize culling decisions and determine the adequacy of the feeding management practices. Multiple tools are...
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Arthi Amalraj (Ghent University) explains the benefits of an enriched environment on weight gain and feed conversion, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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Oliver Stringer (Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London) discussed the advantages of this process when serotyping APP, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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Bill Shannon (BioRankings) talks about microbiome, untargeted metabolomics, and other data that have high potential for changing how biomarker discovery research is done, during the Symposium on Gut Health in St. Louis, USA....
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Introduction: The farm was a closed herd using AI and comprised 430 breeding sows. Progeny were kept until 10 weeks of age when they were sent to a second unit for finishing. The farm was infected with PRRS virus, as well as enzootic pneumonia (EP) (Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae), pleuropneumonia (Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae) (APP) and streptococcal meningitis/arthritis (SM) (Streptococcus suis). The farm was planning to replace the weaning...
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Introduction: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is among the diseases with the highest economic impact in pig production worldwide. Losses due to the disease were estimated as high as 560 Mio. US$ per year in the USA. Yet, the economic impact of the disease at farm level is not well understood as, especially in pig herds chronically infected with PRRS virus, the losses caused are often not obvious for farmers and veterinarians Thus, the aim of this study was...
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Oliver Stringer (Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London) explained this alternative to PCR for APP detection, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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Maria Pieters (University of Minnesota) talked about protocols and how to make them faster and more effective, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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Maria Pieters (University of Minnesota) discussed different strategies to control this disease and the importance of minimizing its impact, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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Johannes Kauffold (University of Leipzig) talked about conception rate and the way to use data to understand what happens on the farm, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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John Carr and Jonathan van Dissel (Apiam Animal Health, Australia) discussed an outbreak case and its consequences, as well as producers' concerns, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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Jeroen Dewulf (Ghent University) talked about Biocheck, a risk-based scoring system developed to measure the level of biosecurity at animal farms, during IPVS2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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